USMC 108962: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108962: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108962: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-22-61; 12-2127.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3699 Marine Corps Library Number 8843-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-22-61; 12-2127 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108962 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Aerial views of USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) and civilian cargo ship, Pioneer Commander, underway. A helicopter lands on deck of USS Raleigh (LPD-1) and LPH-7. LVTP7s make beach landing. On the Shetland Islands, Marines of the 4th MAB arrive to shore take firing positions, move cautiously, double time on beach, disembark LVTP7s, and move through smoke. Royal Dutch Marines act as aggressors in positions atop hill, operate radios, aim machine guns, fire 60mm type mortar. In Oksbol, Denmark; F4 Phantom and A6 aircraft in flight. Marines disembark LVTP7s on sandy beach, take prone positions atop sand dunes, move single file over hardtop road on the Shetland Isles. Location(s) Unknown; Shetland Islands (Scotland); Oksbol (Denmark) Camera crew Robinson; Johnson, P.E.; Gibson Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed throughout September, 1978 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 400 Original aspect ratio 1.37:1 (Academy) Original media type Motion pictures (visual works) Language English Contributing organization University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital collection name United States Marine Corps Films Rights information Public domain. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 02/17/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:39 Digital file type video/H264